popthem

A Popthem is an insight. It comes from the word apothegm - a comment, an anecdote, a statement - something that turns on that light bulb in your brain and makes you think - "so that's what really happened", or "so that's what it means". It's stuff we've read that we found illuminating and that we want to share with others by posting on this blog. See Leondardoswall.com for the latest in how Leondardo Da Vinci got his ideas.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

World War II Assassin and Wyatt Earp

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In the Smithsonian magazine of September, 1993, is an article by Robert Wernick, on the wartime activities of an amazingly efficient Britis...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

OK Corrall. Was it a fair fight?

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POP1 110 saloons in Tombstone. After silver was discovered in the area, Tombstone grew extremely rapidly.  At its founding in Ma...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Vikings. Pops

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POP1 Cnut (he of the legend of the tide) was driven out of England by King Ethelred. According to Adam of Bremen, he returned in 1015 ...

Vikings. Going Berserk

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POP1 Norse warriors are reported in Old Norse literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury.  They would charge ...

Vikings and Slaves

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POP1 The word 'heath' is defined as barren land, wasteland, uncultivated land.  It refers to land found in Northern Europe.  ...

Vikings and tattoos, vanity, table manners and sexual mores

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POP1 The word 'heath' is defined as barren land, wasteland, uncultivated land.  It refers to land found in Northern Europe.  ...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Deadliest Gunfight in American History. One Man Against Fourteen.

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POP1 Jonathan R. Davis was a gold rush prospector. On 19 December 1854, he single-handedly killed eleven armed outlaws at Rocky Canyon ne...
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